Lawyers for the two men convicted of bombing the Australian Embassy in Jakarta in 2004 are drafting legal review pleas to the Supreme Court in order to have their clients escape the death sentence. Achmad Michdan, the head of the Muslim Lawyer Team, expressed optimism that his clients — Iwan Darmawan, also known as Rois, and Ahmad Hasan — would be successful in their bid. “We have new evidence we will submit in our documents, for instance, testimonies by witnesses that were not fully conveyed because of pressure at that time,” he said.
A bomb exploded outside the Australian Embassy on Jalan Rasuna Said on Sept. 9, 2004, killing nine people, including the bomber, and wounding as many as 150. The bomb shook the embassy building and the surrounding area, blowing out windows up to 30 stories above street level in several office towers near the embassy and leaving a huge crater in front of the heavy security gates where people line up before entering. No Australians were killed in the attack. Police arrested Rois and Hasan as the main perpetrators, along with several others.
A district court sentenced both of them to death while their subsequent appeals to the High Court and the Supreme Court were rejected. They have two legal maneuvers left to avoid dead penalty: a legal review with the Supreme Court and presidential clemency. Achmad said the decision to file for a legal review came after prosecutors at the Attorney General’s Office asked his clients if they wanted to challenge the sentences. Attorney General Basrief Arief said that he planned to execute 12 convicts this year because they had exhausted their options to avoid the death penalty.
source : the jakarta globe
source : the jakarta globe
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